Dont Date The Teenager
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse One]
D
I saw your photo on my phone when I was 18
A
Fresh out the shower and fresh onto the music scene
G
Smart and successful, highly impressionable was I then (was I then)
And I was fine then
D
You seemed so gentlemanly, tender, sensitive, romantic
A
Your fast infatuation with me made my parents panic
G
Caught up in your head 'til I lay in your bed
A daydream
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D
Is when I'm taking my first shot with you, in a dim lit room
G
We were on route to your friends' thirtieth birthday
Em D
"I love you's, " whispered far too soon
G
How I look at you is the best thing in the worst way
[Chorus]
D
But now I'm 20, and I'm not as fun
A
Hold it against me when I have opinions
Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far
G
Don't date the teenager na, na, na, na, na
D
You won't go out with my young friends to clubs
A
We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs
Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
D
[Verse Two]
D
We go to dinner to discuss your quarter-life crisis
A
Somehow I end up in tears, boy, you're full of surprises
G
You pay the check and then the two of us head home in silence
Now I feel bad for crying
[Pre-chorus]
Em D
But this isn't my first fight with you, in a dim lit room
G
We were on route to three kids and a divorce, right?
Em D
"I love you's, " whispered far too soon
G
How I look at you these days is in a new light
[Chorus]
D
'Cause now I'm 20, and you're not as fun (you're not as fun)
A
Hold it against me when I have opinions (oh)
Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far (won't get far)
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na
D
You won't go out with my young friends to clubs (friends to clubs)
A
We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs (on drugs)
Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car (drive your car)
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
D
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
A
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na (na)
[Bridge]
Em D
I try recreating the earlier days when singing your
G
Praises felt like telling the truth (telling the truth)
Em D
Now I'm just ashamed, friends only drop your name when
G
So casually saying (saying), "What the fuck are you gonna do?"
[Chorus]
D
'Cause now I'm 20 and this isn't fun
A
Hold it against me when I have opinions
Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far (won't get far)
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na
[Outro]
D
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na (na, na, na, na)
A
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na (na, na)
Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car
G
Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
D
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